first pics of my tank...new camera
- Thread starter rsd
- Start date
rsd
Member
My brain, also my first coral. He has doubled in size in the 4 years I have had him. Notice the bicolor blenny (my first fish) has never let it connect to the rock in the front. I even find it nipping the bottom of the coral to keep it from over growing the hole. This is also at feeding time.
rsd
Member
My tank: The whole stand, hood, plumbing, cabinet wings are all a DIY. Notice the center of the cabinet is actually a dry-bar. Good hobbies go hand in hand. It is an 85 gallon tank, on the right is a wing cabinet that holds a 20 gal, sump/fuge, the left wing holds a Magnum 350, the hood is all natural wood from the property I grew up on and holds 6 x 40 watt NO flour lights.... yes I KNOW it is too little light... but... everything I have has doubled in size and I am fraging all the time. My failure rate less than 1%. Infact a good number of corals I have are refugees from bad shippments.
If it aint broke... mess with it. I am currently inthe process of very slowly aclimating this tank to 390 watts pc with an additional 135 watts occilating throught the mid day.
I'll post more on that later.
If it aint broke... mess with it. I am currently inthe process of very slowly aclimating this tank to 390 watts pc with an additional 135 watts occilating throught the mid day.
I'll post more on that later.
clarkiiboi
Active Member
Looks nice! I have had my eye on the same clown goby at my LFS. Anyways, my concern was if it will be a hidden and /or skiddish fish. Is yours out alot? I also have a frogspawn, I didnt realize it could host. What is your experience with the clown goby? Thanks, and again nice tank! 
S
spsaddict
Guest
golly gee.... thats a nice frogspawn.... great pics!!!!
sammystingray
Active Member
I love that first shot as well!! Very nice tank.
wablondie98664
Active Member
nice pics i have a yellow clown goby that has also taken a liking to my frogspawn:happyfish
i have a yellow clown goby that has also taken a liking to my frogspawn:happyfish
saltynewbie
Member
wow! looks like you have some very nice coral colonies going there. very impressive. nice tank!
rsd
Member
Clarkiiboi,
The green clown gobie is awesome. He isn't a water-body fish. He is always resting on something until food in introduced. It's usual hiding place is ontop of or intertwined in the frogspawn colonies. The Frogspawn never seems to mind him being there either. The colonie is an arch shape.. if it was flat it would measure out to be 24 inches long and about 16 inches wide. Plenty of places for him to hide.
The CG is not a skittish fish, actually (after a week or so) it spends most of it's time in plain sight. Although it does blend so it is not the fish that catches my eye at first.
I actually enjoy having things in my tank I don't see every time (i.e. boxer crabs, 2, 1 inch rock urchin who only comes out when the actinics are on or later, yellow brittle star, etc)
The clown gobie is a fish most of my friends don't notice until it comes out to feed.
Over all... great addition.
The green clown gobie is awesome. He isn't a water-body fish. He is always resting on something until food in introduced. It's usual hiding place is ontop of or intertwined in the frogspawn colonies. The Frogspawn never seems to mind him being there either. The colonie is an arch shape.. if it was flat it would measure out to be 24 inches long and about 16 inches wide. Plenty of places for him to hide.
The CG is not a skittish fish, actually (after a week or so) it spends most of it's time in plain sight. Although it does blend so it is not the fish that catches my eye at first.
I actually enjoy having things in my tank I don't see every time (i.e. boxer crabs, 2, 1 inch rock urchin who only comes out when the actinics are on or later, yellow brittle star, etc)
The clown gobie is a fish most of my friends don't notice until it comes out to feed.
Over all... great addition.